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13-letter words containing n, i, f, t

  • flame cutting — a method of cutting ferrous metals in which the metal is heated by a torch to about 800°C and is oxidized by a stream of oxygen from the torch
  • flash fiction — very short works of fiction that are typically no longer than a couple of pages and may be as short as one paragraph.
  • flat knitting — a knitting process in which the yarn is knitted horizontally on needles set in a straight line.
  • flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
  • flemish giant — one of a breed of large domestic rabbits of Belgian origin, having a solid gray, white, or black coat, and raised for its meat and fur.
  • flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
  • floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
  • floating dock — a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.
  • floating gang — a group of railroad workers who service or repair the track but are not assigned to a particular section.
  • floating rate — fluctuating exchange rate
  • floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
  • floating roof — A floating roof is an internal roof of a fuel storage tank.
  • floating vote — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
  • floccillation — a delirious picking of the bedclothes by the patient, as in certain fevers.
  • floodlighting — Present participle of floodlight.
  • floor trading — trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
  • floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
  • flow function — The flow function is the relationship between the strength of a compact and the degree of compaction.
  • fluctuational — Of, pertaining to, or resulting from fluctuation(s).
  • flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
  • flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
  • flying doctor — a doctor listed with local authorities as willing to be flown to remote areas to give emergency medical care.
  • flying picket — (in industrial disputes) a member of a group of pickets organized to be able to move quickly from place to place
  • flying tackle — a tackle made by hurling one's body through the air at the player carrying the ball.
  • fn tunnelling — Fowler-Nordheim tunnelling
  • foerstner bit — a bit for drilling blind holes, guided from the rim rather than from the center to permit it to enter the wood at an oblique angle.
  • fold function — (programming)   In functional programming, fold or "reduce" is a kind of higher-order function that takes as arguments a function, an initial "accumulator" value and a data structure (often a list). In Haskell, the two flavours of fold for lists, called foldl and foldr are defined like this: foldl :: (a -> b -> a) -> a -> [b] -> a foldl f z [] = z foldl f z (x:xs) = foldl f (f z x) xs foldr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> [a] -> b foldr f z [] = z foldr f z (x:xs) = f x (foldr f z xs) In both cases, if the input list is empty, the result is the value of the accumulator, z. If not, foldl takes the head of the list, x, and returns the result of recursing on the tail of the list using (f z x) as the new z. foldr returns (f x q) where q is the result of recursing on the tail. The "l" and "r" in the names refer to the associativity of the application of f. Thus if f = (+) (the binary plus operator used as a function of two arguments), we have: foldl (+) 0 [1, 2, 3] = (((0 + 1) + 2) + 3 (applying + left associatively) and foldr (+) 0 [1, 2, 3] = 0 + (1 + (2 + 3)) (applying + right associatively). For +, this makes no difference but for an non-commutative operator it would.
  • foliage plant — any plant grown chiefly for its attractive leaves.
  • fonctionnaire — a civil servant
  • fondant icing — icing made from fondant
  • fons et origo — the source and origin
  • fontainebleau — a town in N France, SE of Paris: famous palace, long a favorite residence of French kings; extensive forest.
  • food industry — the industry surrounding the production of food
  • fooling about — the act of speaking or acting in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner
  • foot-dragging — reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly.
  • foot-in-mouth — (of a statement) inappropriate, insensitive, or imprudent.
  • footing piece — one of a series of horizontal transverse timbers supporting a platform or staging.
  • for one thing — the first reason is
  • for-instances — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
  • foreign agent — a spy for a foreign country
  • forementioned — Mentioned earlier or above; already cited.
  • form function — (jargon)   The shape of something designed. This term is currently (Feb 1998) in vogue among marketroids.
  • formalisation — Alternative spelling of formalization.
  • formalization — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
  • fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
  • forthbringing — Present participle of forthbring.
  • fortification — the act of fortifying or strengthening.
  • fortitudinous — having or showing fortitude; marked by bravery or courage.
  • fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
  • fortran-linda — Scientific Computer Assocs <[email protected]>.
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